Type

Text

Date

1978

Language

en_US

Subject

Marine Sciences. | Atmospheric Sciences. | Sand and gravel mines and mining, Submarine -- Environmental aspects -- New York Bight (N.J. and N.Y.). | Tidal currents -- New York Bight (N.J. and N.Y.). | Hydrodynamics -- Mathematical models. | National Sea Grant Program -- New York Sea Grant Institute. | New York State Office of General Services. | Ambrose Channel. | Chapel Hill North Channel.

Source

Wong, Kuo-Chuin. An assessment of the effects of bathymetric changes associated with sand and gravel mining on tidal circulation in the lower bay of New York harbor / by Kuo-Chuin Wong. 1978.

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/11401/66086

Contributor

Marine Sciences Research Center

Creator

Wong, Kuo-Chuin

Publisher

Stony Brook, NY | Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University

Format

application/pdf

Description

viii, 25 leaves : ill., map ; 28 cm. Bibliography.,from the abstract, "Present sand and gravel mining operations within the Lower Bay of New York Harbor are restricted to the east bank of Ambrose Channel and to the vicinity of Chapel Hill North Channel because of the concern than mining in other areas might adversely affect water quality and shore erosion. As part of an evaluation of environmental affects associated with expanded sand and gravel mining we have simulated numerically tidal circulation patterns and tidal elevations in Lower Bay for a number of altered bathyrnetries corresponding to hypothetical mining operations. Results suggest that tidal currents will decelerate over the mined region and accelerate outside of them, and that the tidal stream will be deflected towards the region. It is also clear that the mining near the mouth of the Bay could increase tidal range along Staten Island substantially .

Relation

Special report (State University of New York at Stony Brook. Marine Sciences Research Center);18

Rights

Stony Brook University

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